TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The wrong of rape
JO  - Philosophical quarterly
A1  - Archard, David
SP  - 374
EP  - 393
VL  - 57
IS  - 228
N2  - If rape is evaluated as a serious wrong, can it also be defined as non-consensual sex (NCS)? Many do not see all instances of NCS as seriously wrongful. I argue that rape is both properly defined as NCS and properly evaluated as a serious wrong. First, I distinguish the hurtfulness of rape from its wrongfulness; secondly, I classify its harms and characterize its essential wrongfulness; thirdly, I criticize a view of rape as merely ‘sex minus consent’; fourthly, I criticize mistaken attempts to discount the wrongfulness of rape for those who do not value sex; fifthly, I contrast two models for weighing interests, according to one of which rape is not seriously wrongful; finally, I sketch a defence of the view that our sexual integrity ought to be a central interest of ours.<p /> 
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SN  - 0031-8094
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.492.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -